The Westside Gazette April 28, 2011 FLORIDA MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES GROUNDBREAKING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY by Matthew Beatty Florida Memorial University (FMU) took a major step on to the international stage this week when new president, Dr. Henry Lewis, III, officially launched an educational exchange partnership with Far-Eastern Federal University (FEFU), a top-ranked university in Vladivostok, Russia. The partnership, signed April 13, 2011, on FMU's campus, will promote scholarly and cultural activities between the universities, including joint conferences, research projects and academic instruction. FMU, southern Florida's only historically Black university, is now one of a select group of institutions across the nation to partner with renowned FEFU. President Lewis, along with Dr. Olivia Jackson, a professor in the Fulbright exchange program, is planning a variety of innovative experiences for students and faculty under the partnership. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404.592.4820 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.